I got another achievement in Bejewelled 2 last night. (For those who missed the past posts, I've been battling with that game for some time because I want the achievements. If that doesn't make sense to you, perhaps I'll explain another time)

Ever been so frustrated or angry that everything you try and do to calm down just goes wrong, and makes it worse? Normally practising the guitar makes all manner of ills go away, but last night I kept missing notes (or words) and certainly wasn't in a state of mind to be able to play through them.

So I went and played Bejewelled 2, and had another go at the elusive Hyper achievement, for 'completing' the second speed mode (the one I initially wasn't allowed to play). Despite being too distracted to play the guitar properly, I got the achievement first attempt.

That was luck, of course: a large element of RNG finally went my way far enough for the gradual improvement in my actual skill to have made the difference.

It got me thinking though: are there activities (besides mindless violence) that are best performed while angry? Frustrated? Upset?
Are there game mechanics that would suit that?

Should we even make such games?



Requiescat in pace, Granny.